Nyeleti Honwana, Cofounder

Nyeleti is an impatient millennial working at the nexus of philanthropy, academia, youth and race. She is a Program Officer at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, which funds research on violence, conflict and aggression. Here she serves as the lead organizer of the Young African Scholars Program, a two-year mentorship program that supports junior African scholars completing their PhDs at African institutions. She serves on the steering committee of the Africa Grantmaker’s Affinity Group (AGAG). She co-leads the Africa, Peace and Security Network. In 2020 she was among the inaugural cohort of professionals awarded the Equity in Philanthropy Fellowship by the Rockwood Leadership Institute and recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Under 40.

Niousha Roshani, Cofounder

Niousha is a visionary and creative leader 20 years of public and private experience in managing and promoting human rights and development in racial justice, gender equality, citizen participation, micro-finance, capacity building, livelihood restoration, social impact and risk assessment, DDR, and agricultural development. In her past roles, she advised governments on child rights, youth advancement, digital rights strategies and establishing global partnerships. She is a co-founder of Black Women Disrupt and a fellow at the Portulans Institute. She was a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, an IDB-ALARI Postdoctoral Fellow at the Afro-Latin American Research Institute and a research fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.